PMID- 17664281 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080122 LR - 20181113 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 19 DP - 2007 Oct TI - Cyclic AMP-stimulated interaction between steroidogenic factor 1 and diacylglycerol kinase theta facilitates induction of CYP17. PG - 6669-85 AB - In the human adrenal cortex, adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) activates CYP17 transcription by promoting the binding of the nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1) (Ad4BP, NR5A1) to the promoter. We recently found that sphingosine is an antagonist for SF1 and inhibits cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent CYP17 gene transcription. The aim of the current study was to identify phospholipids that bind to SF1 and to characterize the mechanism by which ACTH/cAMP regulates the biosynthesis of this molecule(s). Using tandem mass spectrometry, we show that in H295R human adrenocortical cells, SF1 is bound to phosphatidic acid (PA). Activation of the ACTH/cAMP signal transduction cascade rapidly increases nuclear diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) activity and PA production. PA stimulates SF1-dependent transcription of CYP17 reporter plasmids, promotes coactivator recruitment, and induces the mRNA expression of CYP17 and several other steroidogenic genes. Inhibition of DGK activity attenuates the binding of SF1 to the CYP17 promoter, and silencing of DGK-theta expression inhibits cAMP-dependent CYP17 transcription. LXXLL motifs in DGK-theta mediate a direct interaction of SF1 with the kinase and may facilitate binding of PA to the receptor. We conclude that ACTH/cAMP stimulates PA production in the nucleus of H295R cells and that this increase in PA concentrations facilitates CYP17 induction. FAU - Li, Donghui AU - Li D AD - School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0230, USA. FAU - Urs, Aarti N AU - Urs AN FAU - Allegood, Jeremy AU - Allegood J FAU - Leon, Adam AU - Leon A FAU - Merrill, Alfred H Jr AU - Merrill AH Jr FAU - Sewer, Marion B AU - Sewer MB LA - eng GR - GM069338/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 GM073241/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 GM069338/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM073241/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM073241/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20070730 PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (NR5A1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Phosphatidic Acids) RN - 0 (Phospholipids) RN - 0 (Steroidogenic Factor 1) RN - 9002-60-2 (Adrenocorticotropic Hormone) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) RN - EC 1.14.14.19 (Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase) RN - EC 2.7.1.107 (Diacylglycerol Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.7.- (RNA Polymerase II) SB - IM MH - Adrenal Cortex/cytology/physiology MH - Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP/*metabolism MH - Diacylglycerol Kinase/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Enzyme Induction MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Humans MH - Isoenzymes/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphatidic Acids/metabolism MH - Phospholipids/metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - RNA Polymerase II/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase/genetics/*metabolism MH - Steroidogenic Factor 1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Two-Hybrid System Techniques PMC - PMC2099220 EDAT- 2007/08/01 09:00 MHDA- 2008/01/23 09:00 PMCR- 2008/02/01 CRDT- 2007/08/01 09:00 PHST- 2007/08/01 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/01/23 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/08/01 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - MCB.00355-07 [pii] AID - 0355-07 [pii] AID - 10.1128/MCB.00355-07 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Oct;27(19):6669-85. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00355-07. Epub 2007 Jul 30.